Join in you're good at office politics
Pros
Worked alongside intelligent and ambitious individuals throughout the org. Transparency from the top down Food was amazing The opportunity to be apart of something big
Cons
Sadly, management was (is?) a joke at Stripe. They hired or promoted folks who were inexperienced or were in no position to be managing people. Different teams tend to have cliques and be exclusive. Managers would show favoritism. So if you're good at office politics you will succeed here. Hard working and honest folks were often overlooked because people who had it "in" we're first in line for promotions. Work/Life balance really took a toll on people. Granted, Stripe is in the financial industry so there is an underlying expectation that you need to be available 24/7 and that's just the way it is there. You NEED to put in the hours and work 10+ hour days (esp if you want to get ahead). To some extent, I enjoyed the competitive nature of working there. However, sometimes it would get in the way of doing the core function of your job as you were expected to juggle multiple projects and be "nimble"
